cold dawn… trees dressed in moonlight

cold dawn… trees dressed in moonlight
evening chill
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how the moon shrinks
and shakes …
Nasa news
mala fide—
taking another look
at the moon
Frogpond, 38:3 2015
pending your answer the moon’s glare
(p. 8)
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Plato’s cave each day a new shadow
(p. 49)
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in Bones, journal for contemporary haiku, No. 2, 15 June 2013
grilled fish —
reducing the moon’s glare
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: favorite food
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lavender moon the weight of a butterfly
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: favorite color
harvest moon
the poet’s tea
getting cold
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lune des moissons
le thé du poète
refroidit
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: poet
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Transl. Vincent Hoarau – thank you, Vincent!
Vincent’s blog, La Calebasse, in French, with several poems in English, can be read here
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all this dust on my shoes moon walking
2
earth rising
we bow our heads
in awe
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: walking on the moon
74/100 and 75/100 Days of Summer
day moon
when the veil
slips
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Shiki kukai, June 2012, Free Format
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awakening —
the ice cream seller’s
deep voice
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Shiki Kukai, June 2012, kigo
These two haiku were my entries to the Shiki Kukai.
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night owl
the garden gnome’s smile
lit up by the moon
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: moon
blue moon
why am I reminded
of Mount Fuji?
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in French:
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lune bleue –
pourquoi me rappelle-t-elle
le mont Fuji ?
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and in Romanian :
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lună albastră
de ce îmi aminteşte
de Muntele Fuji ?
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I wrote this haiku as a response to the painting by André Derain: Mountains at Collioure, 1905, posted on FB by Virginia Popescu (see here).
Virginia very kindly, and enthusiastically, translated my haiku into French and Romanian! Once again, thank you, Virginia! I like this idea!
You can see Virginia Popescu and other poets’ responses to paintings, and indeed contribute to her project yourself, on her FB page here
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perigee
the heather moor holds
its breath
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: intimacy
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April full moon –
instead of herself
her shadow
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: moon +
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Fukushima moon
wave after wave
of prayers
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your gentle glow
outshines this solar storm –
full moon
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: moon
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butterfly moon
the delicate structure
of white lies
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near the stage
the illusion fades –
moth moon
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: opera
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waxing gibbous
this catfish stays
in the deepest pool
NaHaiWriMo prompt: catfish.
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dark moon
balanced finish of a wine
long forgotten
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: taste
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eating alone –
I measure the distance
to the moon
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NaHaiWriMo prompt: food/eating